John Cathie
'Food aid has come to play a prominent part as one of the few community-wide economic aid policies that has distinctive European character and identity and is operated on behalf of the union as a whole by the commission as a coherent policy.' Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment '...an insightful account and reference for all the important food aid programmes of the developed world...provides valuable reference material for those wishing to understand the detail of the policy-making process...has filled the gap in the academic literature on the history of food aid policy in the EU.' Journal of Agricultural Economics